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You're correct, Karakas doesn't untap Traxos. "Whenever you cast a historic spell, untap Traxos."

The mana base has been fine, but I've faced a lot of combo and blue-based control, rather than D&T, delver, or lands (decks that could attack the mana base concertedly).

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Sure, Captain Hammer --- here's my latest maindeck:

[MANA]
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Tree of Tales
4 Forest
3 Mox Opal
4 Chrome Mox
4 Elvish Spirit Guide

I played a Traxos/planeswalker version with no GSZ and no Natural Order, using Chalice and Trinisphere as the lock pieces with Choke in the SB. I used 3 of each threat (Goreclaw, Surrak, Traxos,...

First off, you folks were right that the planeswalkers were crummy in the Thorn/Lodestone build, and I have gone over to Trinispheres instead. In a lot of my testing, planeswalkers were just stuck in...

I've gotten in 25--30 games so far and this hasn't come up yet --- rather, Tangle Wire untaps Traxos in situations where something else (like Choke or GSZ) would have left Traxos tapped. I may have...

I can't you that because I don't know if it is.

But I did just think of what would happen if you curved Surrak into Skysovereign, Consul Flagship and it sounds pretty funny.

[MANA]
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
9 Forest
1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers

4 Chrome Mox
4 Elvish Spirit Guide

[LOCK]

G2 after sideboarding:

Opponent: Cabal Therapy
Me: Resolves
Opp.: Name Karn, Scion of Urza
Me: That is a fantastic idea!
Me: *reveal hand
Opponent: You don't even run it?
Opponent: *facepalm

Hi Poron, good point on Chrome Mox. Once the deck becomes oriented around Lodestone Golem and Traxos, Scourge of Kroog, you start needing a lot of artifacts and Chrome Mox gets weaker. How has Mox...

Well, it actually isn't legendary, but it's an artifact, which makes it historic and thus able to untap Traxos nonetheless. :)

Edit: Speaking of technicalities, Verdurous Gearhulk cannot be...

Before adding Ezuri's Brigade, if you need a pile of stats in a deck with Traxos and GSZ, I would look into Verdurous Gearhulk.

Feast of Worms lol.

Seriously, I think Wasteland is the best bet, although I could maybe imagine cramming in two Ice Storms if you further cut down the GSZ package. I know I suggested Jitte, but I...

I'm worried about Karakas too, but you forgot to mention trample and historic.

I like the Lodestone Golem suggestion. It has high enough power for Rhonas/Goreclaw/Surrak, it's easy to cast, and it disrupts the opponent. Sounds better than bending over backwards for Thought-Knot...

> Deathtouch is a useless ability

(*) Deathtouch with trample isn't totally useless if Goreclaw gives Rhonas trample, but that is pretty specific. Rhonas also has some synergy with your utility...